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Does anyone know if the Cyanogen ROM will be availeble for the HERO? Just saw this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HVBVlAui3s&feature=player_embedded#!
where the G1 has it. Is has some nice features. Like:
Switching music with the volume keys
Syncing with facebook (i know some have this feature)
Switching music with the volume keys
There already is a Cyanogen port for the Hero, but it's not being developed anymore. I found it at modaco forums.
torstenk said:
Switching music with the volume keys
Syncing with facebook (i know some have this feature)
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Is that all it has? Because I would expect every Hero rom to be able to sync with facebook, as it is a standard android feature. The switching music with volume keys would be annoying i think, but if it is a feature you would like try asking a dev to help you out or create an optional file to move keys around, its probably not that hard, but not something every user would want.
Well of course it has a lot of other features. Otherwise google would not try to lock down his ROMS. It is also very popular among users. I ahve read an article on Engadget that 30.000 users uses his ROM. So of course it has a lot of other features
Fact is, there's no up to date Cyanogen port for the Hero, magic volume music buttons or not. I'd hazard a guess that it'd be easier for benhaam or nprussell to implement this feature than to attempt to build the whole ROM for this purpose. But it'd be way down anyone's list of 'useful/required features'.
Problem is in Lox vendor tree, which doesn't work anymore. If there is working vendor thee for hero, it is easy to build from cyanogen sources.
It is a matter of delayed 2.1 update (God bless you HTC!). We are all waiting for official sources and vendor overlay.
May be MaXo64 could "Legoconstruct" some features from Cyanogen into his briliant aHero ROM.
hey 3 questions:
1. What is vendor overlay?
2. Why do we need htc's source if it's for 2.1 sense? Isn't The magic and the Hero the same hardware mostly?
3. Historically did htc publish their source after publishing the official rom?
Vendor specific drivers, modules and libraries for hardware. This code is closed and it is a property of HTC. For example code for video card or for GPS chip.
They have to publish source codes according to Android licence.
art_sn00p said:
They have to publish source codes according to Android licence.
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This is a slightly misleading statement - there is *nothing* in the "Android License" which requires source code to be released because there is no such thing as an "Android License"
You are thinking of the linux kernel, which is released under the GPL. HTC have to release their modifications to the kernel, but this quite separate from the rest of Android which is released under the Apache Software License and is not a "copyleft" license.
This is why HTC do not have to release the source code for Sense UI.
Regards,
Dave
Nevertheless, we do not need Sense UI sources. It is mere a graphical enhancement. Linux kernel, right, is under GPLv2. And hardware specific kernel modules are kernel modification. So they have to ))
But it is not forbidden for HTC never produce update for Hero. No new kernel, no new sources )
art_sn00p said:
Nevertheless, we do not need Sense UI sources. It is mere a graphical enhancement. Linux kernel, right, is under GPLv2. And hardware specific kernel modules are kernel modification. So they have to ))
But it is not forbidden for HTC never produce update for Hero. No new kernel, no new sources )
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I need Sense UI sources
I bet I could sell it back to HTC for a rouble or two!
Haha. Seriously though, that's what baksmali is for
What would happen if I build android from source and flash it to my One X?
With the current release, it is possible to build for Nexus 7, for some variants of Galaxy Nexus, for a variant of the Motorola Xoom, and for all variants of Nexus S and Nexus S 4G. The exact level of functionality for each device depends on the availability of the relevant proprietary hardware-specific binaries.
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Will I brick my device? Did HTC basically just take the code and modify it to work on the One X? Any suggestions on how to proceed if I were to build my own ROM?
If you have no experience in this you are likely to f*** things up.
Just stick to aosp roms - same result.
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TToivanen said:
If you have no experience in this you are likely to f*** things up.
Just stick to aosp roms - same result.
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Well that is no fun answer. I want to learn. I make apps for a living and want to advance and build my own ROM, because I want an all custom made one. I know I can go with CM and mod their code (or, can I?), but it would be more fun to actually do it from scratch. If it is possible, not build from AOSP at all. I know it sounds retarded but I believe the best way to learn is do as much as possible completely from scratch.
With that said, do you have any suggestion on where to start? Like mod the AOSP source code and get it running on the emulator?
You can branch cm10 and build that, it's a good place to start, you'll learn a lot.
After that, you may want to say, diff the AOSP kernel against a similar HTC kernel to see how many changes you'd be required to make to pure AOSP to get it to work with all the hardware specific bits.
Due to GPL, HTC are required to release the source modifications to the kernel and android (I assume), for any released binaries, but they can be a little slow. The JB stuff should be out soon, in theory. Hopefully that's enough to get everything working, but you will also need any binary drivers from nVidia etc.
It's a long road, and you'd do well to start with something working and work backwards towards AOSP.
I'm not sure what you mean by not even with AOSP, do you intend to create your own OS?
BenPope said:
You can branch cm10 and build that, it's a good place to start, you'll learn a lot.
After that, you may want to say, diff the AOSP kernel against a similar HTC kernel to see how many changes you'd be required to make to pure AOSP to get it to work with all the hardware specific bits.
Due to GPL, HTC are required to release the source modifications to the kernel and android (I assume), for any released binaries, but they can be a little slow. The JB stuff should be out soon, in theory. Hopefully that's enough to get everything working, but you will also need any binary drivers from nVidia etc.
It's a long road, and you'd do well to start with something working and work backwards towards AOSP.
I'm not sure what you mean by not even with AOSP, do you intend to create your own OS?
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Thanks for the thorough information! If it is possible to create your own OS, then yes, it would be awesome. Actually my idea is to make a ROM similar to the Linux distribution Tiny Core Linux; only the most essential stuff are present and bloatware and other features are removed. It could maybe serve as a good starting point for other ROMs to build on that want a minimalistic base. However, that is very, very far into the future. Now I would just like to compile a ROM that I have developed. But as I said before, if possible, skip AOSP and build my own OS definitely! Is that even possible?
Of course its possible, Android wasn't invented by some higher being or alien lifeform.
Nobody would use it though, because there would be no apps.
BenPope said:
Of course its possible, Android wasn't invented by some higher being or alien lifeform.
Nobody would use it though, because there would be no apps.
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I see, so I am locked to AOSP then? i better start with the CM branch, thanks a bunch.
I just wanted to start this thread for anyone who has information regarding the development of cyanogenmod 12 for the HTC One M9 and for a general discussion on Cyanogenmod 12 and 12.1
This is something I'd be incredibly interested in. I've got a gold S6 Edge preordered; in part because the M9 is uninspiring, partly because I'm not at at all a fan of Sense 7. Having cyanogenmod on this device might be a game changer for me.
Don't you think that when a dev has that information, they will post it themselves in the development forum, instead of searching Q&A for your thread?
Why you gotta go round throwing logic into the mix?
To be fair, I think there are a decent amount of people interested in this. Why not have a little playful banter in advance.
For I will most certainly jump on the vzw variant when we get the s-off treatment and reasonably stable cm12 builds
I'm working on CM builds for the M9 (developer version for now) so I'll keep you updated when I get it to boot.
Rashed97 said:
I'm working on CM builds for the M9 (developer version for now) so I'll keep you updated when I get it to boot.
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Heroic. Best of luck. I am hurting for vzw s-off treatment for cm12 with a better camera than m8.
Thank you for your efforts.
Someone from AICP is also building... It builds fine just can't get it to boot yet
Rashed97 said:
I'm working on CM builds for the M9 (developer version for now) so I'll keep you updated when I get it to boot.
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Hey dude, I want to buy this device, but I'm wondering how much "friendly" is HTC with the open source about the driver binary blobs? I saw the kernel sources from HTC, but I do not found the firmware/module blob. How are you doing this job? Are fully open source or are you using the same kernel version to re-use the current binaries?
Many thanks
WalterCool said:
Hey dude, I want to buy this device, but I'm wondering how much "friendly" is HTC with the open source about the driver binary blobs? I saw the kernel sources from HTC, but I do not found the firmware/module blob. How are you doing this job? Are fully open source or are you using the same kernel version to re-use the current binaries?
Many thanks
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You can get these from the device itself.
Just thought I'd share, we have a booting system. Broken stuff: camera, NFC, WiFi, Audio, media. Working stuff: Bluetooth, RIL, sensors, touch, display
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Just thought I'd share, we have a booting system. Broken stuff: camera, NFC, WiFi, Audio, media. Working stuff: Bluetooth, RIL, sensors, touch, display
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Rashed,
Thanks for your continuing work on this. Any updates to this thread are extremely nice. Obviously I can't really do much to help, but it's fun to see what you guys are working on.
Hope everything is going smoothly. I'm super excited to boot cm on yet another device.
Rashed97 said:
Just thought I'd share, we have a booting system. Broken stuff: camera, NFC, WiFi, Audio, media. Working stuff: Bluetooth, RIL, sensors, touch, display
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this makes me happy in the pants. <3
Rashed97 said:
Just thought I'd share, we have a booting system. Broken stuff: camera, NFC, WiFi, Audio, media. Working stuff: Bluetooth, RIL, sensors, touch, display
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I have to agree this makes me very happy:victory:
I've no doubt that this will happen, and there's probably a distinct possibility of dual boot too, I haven't heard anything as of yet but HTC usually does get good stuff, the M9 is a stellar device, not without it's faults but I wouldn't swap it, coming from an iPhone 6 and a Note 4 I wouldn't swap it back, I've also had the S6 and the S6 edge to use and they simply don't compare, nothing wrong with them that's just my opinion.
Watch the original development section for development of CM12 / 12.1, it will get done, hopefully pac and dirt unicorns will follow, they're the ones to watch for.
Got to say, running viper and Leedroid at the moment, absolutely superb roms, both of them.
Rashed97 said:
Just thought I'd share, we have a booting system. Broken stuff: camera, NFC, WiFi, Audio, media. Working stuff: Bluetooth, RIL, sensors, touch, display
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hey rashed97 how's it going, very much looking forward to having something none sense to try out on my m9.
Like @Rashed97 I'm working on a build as well. Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to get all of the proprietary stuff I need out of the sense kernel source and shoehorn it into AOSP kernel source. That's the biggest step to getting it to boot.
In past devices that didn't get a Google Play Edition, and therefore only had sense kernel source released, there had to be a way to do this... So I'm taking a trip through history of popular handsets where someone managed to port the vanilla kernel source to the phone with sense.
Barring that, I'll just strip all of sense out of a stock rom, replace the status bar icons and other assets with stock LP, and slap nova launcher on it and make a lightweight senseless rom. I'd really prefer getting a CM build on this thing though so I'm going to keep plugging away at that until either I get it to work, or someone else does and I can add my work into their release.
agentfusion said:
Like @Rashed97 I'm working on a build as well. Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to get all of the proprietary stuff I need out of the sense kernel source and shoehorn it into AOSP kernel source. That's the biggest step to getting it to boot.
In past devices that didn't get a Google Play Edition, and therefore only had sense kernel source released, there had to be a way to do this... So I'm taking a trip through history of popular handsets where someone managed to port the vanilla kernel source to the phone with sense.
Barring that, I'll just strip all of sense out of a stock rom, replace the status bar icons and other assets with stock LP, and slap nova launcher on it and make a lightweight senseless rom. I'd really prefer getting a CM build on this thing though so I'm going to keep plugging away at that until either I get it to work, or someone else does and I can add my work into their release.
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Sounds great. Had GPE running like a dream on my M8, so it almost seemed to me like a step backwards, moving to M9 with Sense. AOSP on M8 didn't have the sound drivers, so audio quality was an issue and a deal-breaker.
Thanks for the update. I've been chomping at the bit waiting for an aosp.
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Like @Rashed97 I'm working on a build as well. Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to get all of the proprietary stuff I need out of the sense kernel source and shoehorn it into AOSP kernel source. That's the biggest step to getting it to boot.
In past devices that didn't get a Google Play Edition, and therefore only had sense kernel source released, there had to be a way to do this... So I'm taking a trip through history of popular handsets where someone managed to port the vanilla kernel source to the phone with sense.
Barring that, I'll just strip all of sense out of a stock rom, replace the status bar icons and other assets with stock LP, and slap nova launcher on it and make a lightweight senseless rom. I'd really prefer getting a CM build on this thing though so I'm going to keep plugging away at that until either I get it to work, or someone else does and I can add my work into their release.
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There's eragon rom which is de-sensed running everything you just mentioned with the htc sense camera included and few other apks. Its dead quick and dev has been around since hox days making roms like that
I have since moved on to the Nexus 6, but came across this on my Google Plus feed. I haven't tested personally, but another user said it works on Maguro. Might work on Toro since it states "Tuna" in the name. Definitely recommend backing up before trying.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995314894
For those not familiar with Dirty Unicorns, they make a great custom firmware. Their team has some great Android veterans like Big Rushdog from the Omni and EOS days of the Xoom and Alex Cruz(Mazda).
Homepage: http://dirtyunicorns.com/
Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/communities/109738128866939227235
Interesting. How did you find this?
I'll give this a shot on toro to see if it flashes.
EDIT: Working on a toro that calls itself a "tuna". I have yet to test with a true toro recovery.
I came across this yesterday too whist looking for alternatives.
There is a Custom ROM section of the Galaxy Nexus owners feed on Google Plus and it was posted there.
https://plus.google.com/communities...3/stream/90071095-ed9d-4388-942b-41d09398482e
opticyclic said:
I came across this yesterday too whist looking for alternatives.
There is a Custom ROM section of the Galaxy Nexus owners feed on Google Plus and it was posted there.
https://plus.google.com/communities...3/stream/90071095-ed9d-4388-942b-41d09398482e
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Yep, honestly speaking, it is looking like Google+ is the place to be for firmware info, questions, and releases. At least for newer phones. I have been on the Nexus 6 for a few months now and I visit the ROMS and Devs Google+ pages just as much as their XDA threads.
Hell, just yesterday I saw a build of Pure Nexus for Tuna posted.
And an FYI for others visiting this thread, If you click the link in the OP, that Dev has released newer versions of it which are listed out on the side. He seems to be updating it pretty well.
I think the dev is @voidz777
DU is just want I want in a ROM, it has SuperSU bundled, dev options already on, loads of tweak options and several features from other roms like the choice of Slim recents or OmniSwitch.
Unfortunately, I just noticed I'm not getting any mobile data, which is a bit of a bummer!
Someone did call me? lol
I have three of unofficial projects for lovable maguro .
Operation verification has been in maguro.
probably, I think work with other tuna variants
Look here.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=34398
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=50101
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=47838
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Yep, honestly speaking, it is looking like Google+ is the place to be for firmware info, questions, and releases. At least for newer phones. I have been on the Nexus 6 for a few months now and I visit the ROMS and Devs Google+ pages just as much as their XDA threads.
Hell, just yesterday I saw a build of Pure Nexus for Tuna posted.
And an FYI for others visiting this thread, If you click the link in the OP, that Dev has released newer versions of it which are listed out on the side. He seems to be updating it pretty well.
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1st thanks a ton to @christianpeso for coming by to post and let us know about this . :good:
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I think the dev is @voidz777
Unfortunately, I just noticed I'm not getting any mobile data, which is a bit of a bummer!
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2nd Thanks a ton to @opticyclic for tagging the creator @voidz777 which brought him here to post :good:
voidz777 said:
Someone did call me? lol
I have three of unofficial projects for lovable maguro .
Operation verification has been in maguro.
probably, I think work with other tuna variants
Look here.
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and abc 1st+ 1st+ 1st+ to @voidz777 for building and posting these links .
I've just installed the purenexus with open gapps nano package and have everything restored and I just have to say
this is the fastest and smoothest my device has ever ran . It's up and going flawlessly on my Toroplus , data and telephony work like a champ . I absolutely love the layout and the hamburger menu in settings . I would like to follow you on google+ @voidz777 . I'm a good logger and can get you on a logcat if you ever need me to . I will check everything like gps , etc but so far it's perfect . Do you have a g+ page where I can find you and whatever projects and builds you have going ? I can't thank you enough for this awesome rom !!!!!:good::good: .
For anyone reading if you have a toroplus I can confirm it runs great , fast , smooth and data works . I think this rom runs so well because this is a nexus as we all know and finally we have a rom thats practically native for it .
voidz777 do you have unnoficial xda thread hidden somewhere here ? just wondering if I'm missing it somehow .
DU ROM
Tks for the AWESOME ROM...it's fast and buttery smooth...dl speeds are excellent...can't wait to try Pure Nexus ROM...BIG tks to voidz777...
voidz777 said:
Someone did call me? lol
I have three of unofficial projects for lovable maguro .
Operation verification has been in maguro.
probably, I think work with other tuna variants
Look here.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=34398
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=50101
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=47838
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Thank you for your ROMs. I have a quetion, do your ROM support F2FS?
quantan said:
Thank you for your ROMs. I have a quetion, do your ROM support F2FS?
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I'm not sure because it is not like the f2fs.
But, I think that it probably works.
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I'm not sure because it is not like the f2fs.
But, I think that it probably works.
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I just try format f2fs for /cache and /data. After installing your ROM, /cache returns back to ext4. But I think it doesn't matter. The ROM is smooth regardless f2fs.
Can't get my f2fs /data and /cache toro to install any of these. They are, of course, not built for toro, so I have no complaint at all. I was just curious to see if I could install them.
I'm a bit confused. What exactly is dirty unicorn(could not find a FHQ only blog posts from current status and that they moved to asop)..
And how much ram does it have? The rom i'm using now has 0,93GB ram.
Always got 'pea pea' sound
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Premium HD app
SAOSP 7.0 and Pure Nexus 7.0 is also there uploaded by @voidz777 ....!!
Why he is not posting or informing anyone on XDA....!!
I'm sorry, I do not post on xda because English is poor. lol
If English is the poor, it also because it is difficult to manage the thread.
When I was upload, I have announced in my G +.
https://plus.google.com/+HatayamaYuuji
Sent from my Nexus 5
@voidz777 i just noticed DU 7.0....!! Greatest work by you..... Thank You.....
And if possible please share them here.... Everyone deserve that great work.... ?
DU for Tuna (7.1.1) Under the 'Scope
rm571 said:
Tks for the AWESOME ROM...it's fast and buttery smooth...dl speeds are excellent...can't wait to try Pure Nexus ROM...BIG tks to voidz777...
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I grabbed DU for Tuna to put under the gun (replace/upgrade from Unlegacy 7.1.0 - the only other N-based firmware I am aware of for either maguro OR toro, let alone any variant of tuna).
First boot - YOW! The boot animation is B-R-I-G-H-T - brighter (and longer) than that for OmniROM. (Contrast that with Unlegacy - which has NO first-boot animation whatever.) Unless it develops a case of stiction, I won't count that against it (that was, in fact, my sole ding against Omni 6 - the animation DID develop "stiction").
Now I'm through the animation, and in the second part of startup ("Android is starting") - the icons are crisp; in fact, so is the background (courtesy of Tapet, which I had installed prior). The very reason WHY I installed Tapet is because I love the Material Design backgrounds (which are not unique to Android, though they started there; I've seen them in Linux distributions - notably Ubuntu-based Linux distros, in addition to Android). From what I am seeing, Tapet+DU = win (just for the clarity of the icons and display). Another surprise is that it actually IS using more mobile data than Unlegacy - a bit of a surprise there, especially with my router literally at my right elbow. (Does DU prefer mobile data over wi-fi for some reason? I'm merely asking as that can be a problem where mobile data is NOT AYCE - and it isn't for me; I'd prefer to use wi-fi compared to mobile data - for cost reasons.)
Okay - I got it running; however, I could not install it clean, as it kept taking out the AOSP Keyboard part of GApps. Amusingly, a pour-over AOSP 7.1 worked wonders; I only needed to re-root it. Everything works, and I've had a ball with the tweaks (little stuff, like the carrier-notification area - mine actually now says Tracfone - my MVNO; MVNOs don't advertise), smaller fonts, etc. Pixel Launcher works from the get-go (with the GN Launcher as its backup), and I've added Substratum for themery (and the ONLY reason I added it is because it also supports Pixel Launcher along with most third-party launchers). Yes - I do believe PL's gonna grow on me. (Actually, the PL/PN tag-team reminds me a LOT of the early days of (don't laugh!) Stardock's Object Desktop for Windows - and the two play off each other quite a bit.)
I wonder what the difference is between the Dirty Unicorn mentioned here and PureNexus which I came across on another thread and have installed OK with Pico Gapps (purenexus_tuna-7.1.1-20170107-HOMEMADE.zip) and where that ROM can lead or is it a semi-dead end?
Regardless, the Galaxy Nexus performance improved considerably over CM 13, no doubt owing to approximately 80MB more free system, so it's fun to use again
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I wonder what the difference is between the Dirty Unicorn mentioned here and PureNexus which I came across on another thread and have installed OK with Pico Gapps (purenexus_tuna-7.1.1-20170107-HOMEMADE.zip) and where that ROM can lead or is it a semi-dead end?
Regardless, the Galaxy Nexus performance improved considerably over CM 13, no doubt owing to approximately 80MB more free system, so it's fun to use again
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The two ROMs don't differ much (understandably, since they have developers in common); in fact, this PN variant is DU-based - in terms of their N sorts, it's primarily that PureNexus includes PixelLauncher and some extra customization features that DU lacks. Both are lighter than CM13 - which shocked the heck outta me, since CM13 is based on MM, while both DU and PN are not only N-based, but 7.1.1-based in their latest iterations - isn't MM supposed to be lighter than N? (Because PN is based on DU, eventually (though not simultaneously) PN for tuna gets the updates DU does - the latest DU for Tuna includes the March updates, which the current PN for Tuna hasn't gotten yet. Unfortunately, it looks like PL is getting the boot from PN (despite my not having an issue using it) - is there an alternative way of putting it back?
I just checked out the aospa Twitter page and they are devices that are running the new version of paranoid Android. I am wondering if there are no maintainers for this device as we do not get it built for our devices I believe that it can be built off of source but I know that there compilation methods are abid difficult. Anybody want to take a stab at it and build this wonderful run for our devices. @slothdabski @calsurferpunk @kingbri
I would sport that puppy...
i42o said:
I just checked out the aospa Twitter page and they are devices that are running the new version of paranoid Android. I am wondering if there are no maintainers for this device as we do not get it built for our devices I believe that it can be built off of source but I know that there compilation methods are abid difficult. Anybody want to take a stab at it and build this wonderful run for our devices. @[email protected]@kingbri
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I read this on their gsi xda post
(NOT using A/B partitioning scheme (ie. A-Only)
Bummer
It's a device specific flag that can be set up to run on a/b devices... It's just a matter of someone picking up the project for our phones.. I do recall that back in the day the way to build it was different from other operating systems so maybe the setup was different and nobody here has that set up possibly? I'm trying to stay patient but I am currently running DU and is running phenomenally.. I do understand that paranoid Android is very barebone right now but the caf source makes it really good on battery low and stability. I recall way back and my Galaxy S2 days ... And this is just a great project. If anyone out there can build this for us you would be incredible
i42o said:
I just checked out the aospa Twitter page and they are devices that are running the new version of paranoid Android. I am wondering if there are no maintainers for this device as we do not get it built for our devices I believe that it can be built off of source but I know that there compilation methods are abid difficult. Anybody want to take a stab at it and build this wonderful run for our devices. @slothdabski @calsurferpunk @kingbri
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Paranoid Android was very cool in 2013, I used it on my SGS4 back then on Android 4.3. They had this engine where you could set the phone to tablet, phablet or phone mode and change DPI. You could even do this on a per-App basis! Very nice :good:
On top they had a plethora of setting - oh and they had this psychedelic design! E.g. for OTA updates (IIRC) they showed this one: https://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nexusae0_lennon.jpg
But now, in 2019, what is special about PA?
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Paranoid Android was very cool in 2013, I used it on my SGS4 back then on Android 4.3. They had this engine where you could set the phone to tablet, phablet or phone mode and change DPI. You could even do this on a per-App basis! Very nice :good:
On top they had a plethora of setting - oh and they had this psychedelic design! E.g. for OTA updates (IIRC) they showed this one: https://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nexusae0_lennon.jpg
But now, in 2019, what is special about PA?
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Nothing really, a lot of the stuff that they Incorporated back in the day or something that comes native on Android nowadays.. PA Theme engine is somewhat redundant especially how it lets you theme per app basis somewhat like substratum can do... I don't see Halo coming back, and it wasn't back in the Android 7 or 8 builds of paranoid Android... I will say one of the things that they have going for them would be the caf base.. as I mentioned before it is extremely fluid and great on battery life.. ever since @molesarecoming left the dev scene for this operating system, it honestly seemed to have died as far as what features where available on this... I guess now it's good for nostalgia and stability as far as features go I don't see what they can offer that we don't already get with other options... I can't say this though, the battery life has always been good on these ROMs